The Centre for Development
Studies (CDS), Trivandrum
, Kerala, India is a premier social science research
institution. Over the years it has established a tradition
of interdisciplinary research on development problems in India. Its
main objective is to promote research, teaching and training in
disciplines relevant to development. Today, it is considered to be
one of the foremost development economics research centers in the
country.
History
The institute was established in 1971 by the noted economist
Professor K.
N. Raj.
Academic Programmes
Centre for Development Studies offers M.Phil Programme in Applied
Economics and Ph.D. in Economics. The Centre used to conduct a one
year course on Population and Sustainable Development in 1990s,
which used to be sponsored by
UNFPA. Presently
the centre offers various other short courses related to
development.
Research at CDS is organized into six distinct themes:
- Agriculture and natural resources
- Gender, migration, population
- Health and education
- Poverty, vulnerability and social security
- Industry
- Trade and technology
There is a seventh cross cutting theme, analysing the impact of
globalisation on each of the six themes.
The institute has a faculty of about 28. The core activities of the
CDS are research, teaching and training.
CDS is affiliated to
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi, for its M Phil Programme in Applied Economics. The Ph D
Programme in Economics is affiliated to both Jawaharlal Nehru
University and
Kerala
University.
The Organizational Structure
The core financial support to the Centre comes from the Government
of Kerala and the
Indian Council of
Social Science Research.
Reserve Bank of India
and the Planning Commission of India
have instituted endowment units for research in selected areas at
CDS. The Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has
established a migration unit at CDS to study issues relating to
international migration from India.
The governance of CDS rests with the Governing Body consisting of
academicians from across India. It follows a unique style of
decentralization in governance through various bodies assisting the
Director in the management.
The present chairman of the Governing Body is
Professor N.R.
Madhava Menon. The current
Director is Professor K. Narayanan Nair.
The Campus
CDS
located in a quiet residential area in the northwest part of the
City of Thiruvananthapuram
, called Prasanthnagar. The campus, designed
and constructed by the famous architect, Dr
Laurie Baker, epitomizes his unique style and
philosophy of adaptive building methods. The CDS Library is now one
of the biggest in South India with over 1,25, 000 titles in
Economics and allied disciplines and subscribing to about 400
professional journals.The library is in the process of being
automated.
Eminent Faculty
- Professor K. N. Raj
- Professor Amit Bhaduri
- Professor I.S. Gulati
- Professor T.N. Krishnan
- Professor N. Krishnaji
- Professor A. Vaidyanathan, Former Member, Planning Commission of
India
- Professor Thomas Isaac - Finance Minister of Kerala
- Professor S.Irudaya Rajan
- Professor K P Kannan
- Professor D. Narayana
Former Students
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